Let the beasts their breath resign, <br />Strangers to the life divine; <br />Who their God can never know, <br />Let their spirit downward go. <br />You for higher ends were born, <br />You may all to God return, <br />Dwell with him above the sky; <br />Why will you for ever die? <br /> <br />You, on whom he favours showers, <br />You, possest of nobler powers, <br />You, of reason's powers possest, <br />You, with will and memory blest, <br />You, with finer sense endued, <br />Creatures capable of God; <br />Noblest of his creatures, why, <br />Why will you for ever die? <br /> <br />You, whom he ordained to be <br />Transcripts of the Deity; <br />You, whom he in life doth hold; <br />You, for whom himself was sold; <br />You, on whom he still doth wait, <br />Whom he would again create; <br />Made by him, and purchased, why, <br />Why will you for ever die? <br /> <br />You, who own his record true, <br />You, his chosen people, you, <br />You, who call the Saviour Lord, <br />You, who read his written word, <br />You, who see the gospel-light, <br />Claim a crown in Jesu's right; <br />Why will you, ye Christians, why <br />Will the house of Israel die?<br /><br />John Wesley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-vii-let-the-beasts-their-breath-resign/
